Fixing my cross stitch lighting setup with the Apexel FL25!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- I've tried so many lighting options for my craft corner as well as my videos, and found them all wanting. Will the Apexel FL25 LED Desk Lamp be the answer to all my problems? Well, maybe some of them, let's not get carried away.
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Ironically the daylight in this video is all over the place and making for some really janky cuts in the edit. At least that won't happen with my top-down shots anymore 😅
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Thank you @TheGiddyStitcher for this awesome review of our Apexel FL25 LED Desk Lamp. We're so happy you enjoyed using it! 💙
To everyone watching, feel free to ask if you have any questions about the product.
Thanks for all your honest opinions and your stitchy work! (And, I love stitching while watching Star Trek, too
Oh my goodness girl, yes! My husband hates the big light (we call it that too). He overreacts when I have to turn it on as if he's the Wicked Witch melting from The Wizard of Oz. 😂 We barely keep the lamps on either. I completely feel your pain, I just sit on the couch and stitch with my headlight on. I love watching your videos! Sending good vibes your way from Alabama in the States. ❤
Yes, and in the U.S., "Allen Keys" are called "Allen Wrenches" or "Hex Keys". Where other wrenches grip the *outside* of nuts/bolts/lugs/etc to apply torque for tightening or loosening, "Allen Wrenches" or "Hex Keys" [aka: "Allen Keys"] fit *inside* specialized fasteners, often used in DIY furniture, for the same purpose. Here's to Autistic Honesty in Advertisement! Apexel just got more than they paid for, lol. Keep being amazing.
So glad to see you back. You were truly missed.
It was a good break but I am happy to be back!
I live in the US an have always called an Allen Key an Allen Wrench so i hope that helps.
MYSTERY SOLVED! Haha thank you for putting my mind at rest there.
Sorry I'm so late stopping by, but we already chatted about the *other* flamingo. 🤔
This lamp looks great! I'll have to check the specs cause my side table at my couch has pretty thick bars I could attach this to, but I'm not sure it's big enough still... but I could definitely use it in my craft room! Why is good lightning so hard to find?! I'll go check this one out!
Great review! Thank you. Gives me lots to think about as I am currently looking for this type of product. :)
Lighting is always such an issue! Yay for saving your eyes! Is that the PPSAL I see? You've really made progress! Love your hair too!😊
Hah, it was indeed, and as of last night's video there's EVEN MORE progress! I am determined to finish this thing off, but kind of forgot that 2022 me decided she would design a custom border for it at some point. Oh well, another task for the neverending list :D
How is yours going?
@TheGiddyStitcher I have not touched that SAL in quite some time!! I have been making progress on the two versions of last year's SAL though. I need to get back on discord so I can share pictures. I chose to do the gemstone colors for each month and I love it.
Awesome, thank you. I did search the site but didn't find it.
Oooh nice review! Product and level of info are super helpful. Just recently bought lighting solution but will keep this in mind if needed during the winter. Love options for warm and cool are there. Finding warm lighting used to be such an ordeal when leds first came out!
Re big light, in the evening layered light is key! But can’t give up eyesight for ambience
Eyesight vs ambience basically sums this up, the biggest disagreement in our marriage!
Actually no, the biggest disagreement is that I butter bread with the back of a spoon and he thinks that makes me a heathen (try it before you judge!). But the Big Light thing is definitely up there 😂
@@TheGiddyStitcher for some reason this feels very deep! The spoon is funny…im all about function over form to get a task DONe. Engineer bf says I should get my southern lady card revoked🤣🤣🤣 I cannot tell you how amused I am that the big light is the thing and that so many people can relate. I learned so much in the video, what a gem. Glad to see ya back and hope the honeymoon was swell (best maritime joke I can manage atm). 😁
Ohhh! Interesting.. those do look very sturdy, and my cross stitch corner is rather dark.. and my birthday is coming up.. oh my oh my! (Adding to bookmarks asap)
See this is what I mean about fate 😉
@@TheGiddyStitcher It took me a bit, but I finally ordered one! Looking forward to some good lighting for the darker months...
Hahaha the neck-light is VERY relatable 😂 We're very Big light-sensitive as well, in Belgium we explain it as we just like it 'hygge', since that became kind of a thing
This comment section is fascinating, we were both so sure Big Light is a UK thing! I do admit it's cozier with just a little lamp, but I've got far too much crafting to do to sit like that 😅
@TheGiddyStitcher Yeeaah our whole apartment has cosy lighting, candles... And me in my personal abduction by aliens-style halo
MY Dear…….You are so much fun……..Memories from a Honeymoon can fade a bit for this 73 Year Old Happy Ager …..WHO JUST CELEBRATED 50 Years…..but the thrill of being in his presence lives on…..this is a well done video…..here in the PNW of the States….rain and more rain with gray clouds( good thing I love the rain….and it is called the Evergreen State) lighting is an issue……and I agree with your Beloved Dave….NO-NO to Big Lights…….(for one thing romance is the first thing to slip away) …..Will consider this brand for the future when my-dinosaur of a floor lamp bites the dust (plus it is very heavy)……You My Dear are a Delight…..
50 years, wow congratulations! Dave is very amused by the support of his stance on the Big Light, I'll never understand it but there you go. Don't need to now, I'm knitting by the light of my new lamp while he sits 8ft away in the dark 😂
I live with my sister here in the US and she also strongly dislikes the “big light”. Meanwhile I’m always trying to have everything brightly lit because that makes me happier than when the room is dark.
I have no idea why british people think the Big Light War is exclusive to us, but I really did! Turns out it's raging around the globe. You and I appear to be on the losing side though, alas😅
Very lovely review! 🥰 I feel like you're going to use this lamp a lot!
I'm knitting under it right now! While watching Star Trek again, obviously.
Great, detailed and honest review. Thanks. Still searching perfect light. Lol
My house is generally dark dark dark so this is a handy video for when I next ponder lights (which I tend to do ONLY on rainy days when I have to record inside). Would also be great for the craft table though, I don't need a ton of light for weaving but for hemstitching I need more. I also caved a while ago and bought a neck light which I do use for hemstitching on weaving but it's useless for cross stitch or crochet unless I keep my upper body perfectly still and who does that?? It was great for power cuts with Mum though, could give her her own headlights while the rest of us dug out the candles!
I am very much also a wriggler so the neck light was functional but yeah, adjusting it all the time and trying to get it to stay on my stitching but not reflect in the TV was annoying! Fair point about power cuts though, sometimes I worry about the power going out when I'm home alone (anxiety go brr) but you might have just fixed that particular worry for me 😅
New viewer so not sure if you are newly married or are just finally at a point and time to take that honeymoon. Congrats, either way.
Haha - "light abuse." Too funny! Was surprised to see the Green Bay Packers travel mug on your book shelf in your stitching corner. If you don't mind me asking, what is the story behind that?
those who don't like the look of having a hanging cable could hang a little bag around the base and tuck the cable in plugged into a usb power bank. I myself have one with a sizeable battery that I use for long train trips and its quite useful
Love it! Great video!
Glad you enjoyed! There's nothing more fun than playing with new toys :D
@@TheGiddyStitcher oh yes, that is sooooo true!!
Do you have a video about using that neck lamp? Those seem like a good option for me, but i dont wanna spend the money if they actually dont work very well
I have a thought about power supply. For those without a bunch of USB ports nearby, use a battery pack. The same kind used to charge a phone. Since LEDs draw so little power, the battery pack will likely last quite a while. The downside is remembering to charge it before you need it. It's not a perfect solution, but could be an option.
P.S. Years ago my wife and I used to play WOW side by side as a couple. Good times.
P.P.S. Noticed the steam deck there on the bookshelf. Very nice.
Ooh that's resourceful, I like it!
Lol, World of Warcraft is responsible for me learning web design, which got me better jobs that I thought I'd never get, which gave me confidence and transferable skills, which helped me massively in starting this channel in the first place. Blame Blizzard! :D
Ah! Anything but the BIG LIGHT! 😄
Ok everyone so far seems to be on Dave's side, does *nobody* out there actually like to be able to see on a night? 😂
Hi @TheGiddyStitcher! I have just come across this video and noticed your 3 clamp like (blue, pink and black) accessories on your fabric as you are embroidery. I have been searching for something to gather and hold my fabric on my frames as i like to work on larger projects but so far, my search has been fruitless. This could be because I am not sure what to search for. Can you advise what they are called and where I can purchase them from. Thank you!
Absolutely! The search term you want is "magnetic cable ties". The ones I have are all over places like Amazon and eBay, they're not massively strong but they're enough to hold a decent amount of fabric out of the way. If you were on a really big project you might need more hardcore ones :D
@@TheGiddyStitcher Thank you!🥰
Love your videos! I have been cross stitiching for over 30 years and love to learn differnt ways to do things.
How wide is the clamp? Just wondering how wide of a table I can mount it to.
The website reckons it'll attach to anything up to 2.36 inches thick. I've just measured it to check and that seems about right, it opens to slightly wider but of course you need to tighten it in place so yeah, let's go with 2.36" :D
How hot does the light get after using it for a couple of hours? Enough to make you sweat?
What project are you doing at 9:25
Technically I guess an Allen key is a kind of screwdriver more than anything else? I've always heard it called "Allen wrench" so that's what I usually call it lol "hex key" or "hex driver" is what it's supposed to be called I think but I almost never hear anyone use these terms lol
Yeah we don't turn on 'the big light' in our living room, unless we're looking for something (not a fan of bright lights, probably an autistic thing). Did you know Lowery sells light brackets? You can fit the clamp on there (among other things, like a tablet holder).